Exchanges between plasma and red cells at a variable temperature.
When blood temperature is varied in closed ('anaerobic') conditions, the difference between plasma pH and red cell pH stays remarkably constant. Model studies show that this constancy results from diffusive CO2 equilibration and Donnan equilibrium of HCO3- and Cl- ions, more than from a strictly defined buffer composition.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010949:Plasma / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
D001639:Bicarbonates; D002712:Chlorides; D002245:Carbon Dioxide